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Re: Wii U Deluxe Model Gets Official $50 Price Cut in North America

Flashman

@scotty30717 I have to disagree with you about the Xbox One price. £429 includes the Console, Kinect & Fifa 14. The PS4 is £349 if you then include FIFA 14 alone and your suddenly up to £391 (going off prices from Amazon). Throw in the Playstation Eye (£54.99) and your up to £445.99. Suddenly the difference between the two don't look so great for Sony.

I wouldn't get two carried away with thoughts that it will become a two horse race between Nintendo and Sony any time soon.

Re: Smartphones And Tablets To Be "Primary Screen For Gamers" By 2017

Flashman

@Fudgewhizzle How much money do you actually think a small niche gaming community would generate when compared to the cost of continuing to make AAA titles if the analysts are correct in predicting migration to mobile gaming.

I read that there is a drop in traditional gaming sales by 25% year on year. Surely it would make traditional consoles a non sustainable business!!

Re: EA: Excited About New Generation Which Is "Yet to Come"

Flashman

@TheRealThanos Like I said all it takes is one of the 3 companies I mentioned to decide it wants a piece of the action and the bottom drops out of traditional gaming!! I have already read rumours about Apple TV getting an app store for games in maybe the next version.

As much as people like to bang on about "Its not real gaming" it still completely buggered the handheld market everywhere (apart from Japan). Plus if you can play the same games you have already bought for your phone on it for no extra cost (which Apple already do between iPad and iPhone). Goodbye Next Gen!!

Re: EA: Excited About New Generation Which Is "Yet to Come"

Flashman

I have no faith in the next Gen of console. I can see them coming out at a heavily inflated price of about $700 and setting off with a sluggish start. I can also see the Ouya as been the catalyst for a massive selection of affordable android consoles that will heavily reduce the already dwindling number of gamers in the world. Plus with cloud gaming coming (at a slow pace) like onlive etc I am not convinced there will be a need for very very expensive propriety hardware. The Ouya was planned to launch with Onlive installed on it.

I am not suggesting that the Ouya is the console killer but I have a sneeky suspicion that if it sells well (its almost sold out 3 months prior to launch) one of the big companies will decide to invest. Imagine how much money Apple, Samsung or Google could throw into marketing a $99 console that would play games you already run on your phones.

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